diff --git a/cli/app/cmd.go b/cli/app/cmd.go
index 6a15634e..a8e2e17f 100644
--- a/cli/app/cmd.go
+++ b/cli/app/cmd.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ does not).`,
 		if err := internal.RunCmdRemote(
 			cl,
 			app,
-			requestTTY,
+			disableTTY,
 			app.Recipe.AbraShPath,
 			targetServiceName, cmdName, parsedCmdArgs, remoteUser); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func parseCmdArgs(args []string, isLocal bool) (bool, string) {
 var (
 	local      bool
 	remoteUser string
-	requestTTY bool
+	disableTTY bool
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -259,11 +259,11 @@ func init() {
 	)
 
 	AppCmdCommand.Flags().BoolVarP(
-		&requestTTY,
+		&disableTTY,
 		"tty",
 		"T",
 		false,
-		"request remote TTY",
+		"disable remote TTY",
 	)
 
 	AppCmdCommand.Flags().BoolVarP(
diff --git a/cli/internal/command.go b/cli/internal/command.go
index 4998ab83..854d82d0 100644
--- a/cli/internal/command.go
+++ b/cli/internal/command.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 func RunCmdRemote(
 	cl *dockerClient.Client,
 	app appPkg.App,
-	requestTTY bool,
+	disableTTY bool,
 	abraSh, serviceName, cmdName, cmdArgs, remoteUser string) error {
 	filters := filters.NewArgs()
 	filters.Add("name", fmt.Sprintf("^%s_%s", app.StackName(), serviceName))
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ func RunCmdRemote(
 	}
 
 	execCreateOpts.Cmd = cmd
-	execCreateOpts.Tty = requestTTY
-	if !requestTTY {
+
+	execCreateOpts.Tty = true
+	if disableTTY {
+		execCreateOpts.Tty = false
 		log.Debugf("not requesting a remote TTY")
 	}